NAVEEN KUMAR CHANDA

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Westfield, IN 46062 Phone : 662-***-****

United States Email : adjmho@r.postjobfree.com

Objective:

To obtain a position with a company where my experience and knowledge, especially in the area of power systems, can be used effectively

Education:

Masters in Electrical Engineering (2009-2011), Mississippi State University, Mississippi, December 2011,(GPA-4.0/4.0)

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2005-2009), Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, May 2009, (Percentage - 82.25/100)

Professional Qualification:

Languages : C, C++, MATLAB

Simulators : ASPEN, PSS/E, PSCAD, RSCAD, Pspice, Powerworld

RTU : SUBNET, ConfigPro, SEL-5020, Novatech, Orion 5R

Other : ALSTOM Habitat, Linux, MS office

Work Experience:

Senior Engineer, MidContinent ISO, Carmel, IN, (June, 2014 – Till date)

Succesfully acting as the Lead for the Generation Modeling Team since June 2017

Working with Siemens on Power System Model Manager project to integrate several models within MISO based on Common Information Model (CIM) to improve the efficiency and operation

Develop and maintain quarterly EMS network, generation and FTR (Financial Transmission Right) models by coordinating with internal and external members to include all the necessary transmission system changes

Build, update and maintain the bi-weekly and quarterly Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol (ICCP) model by processing external and internal requests to improve the MISO’s observability

Coordinate with MISO’s Transmission Owners, Local Balancing Authorities, Market Participants, neighboring Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs), and first-tier companies on daily basis

Worked on Distributed ICCP project by dividing ICCP members across four servers to decrease the impact of single failure

Ensure that ICCP measurements mapped correctly to Energy Management System (EMS) model and provide continuous support to update the SCADA database

Work on ICCP ownership change of market units by conducting open loop testing and scheduling conference calls to verify that the data exchange is good

Provides support to Outage Coordination Engineering department by preparing the future equipment list

Engineer I, Entergy, Jackson, MS, (January, 2012 – May,2014)

Develop, modify, issue RTU configurations and communication processor settings for capital and blanket projects based on the edit sheets provided by SCADA system support/Relay design personnel

Provide on-call and on-site support to the substation field personnel while they install RTU configurations and communication processor settings

Coordinate with SCADA system support, Relay design, RTU/Communication installation, Project management, Documentation departments

Lead the Modeling team in 2013 before I promoted as RTU Configuration and Settings Developer with one direct report to me

Perform short circuit analysis on ASPEN master model and provides the project related models to Relay Setting Engineers

Coordinate with Transmission Planning and Substation Design departments to notify about the changes in the ASPEN master model

Duties include monitoring the energization notices, performing fault summary studies in the ASPEN master model and store it in the centralized server

Graduate Research Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University, MS (September, 2009 – December, 2011)

Worked as a Research Assistant under Dr.Yong Fu with research interests including artificial intelligence techniques for power system protection, load and price forecasting and optimization of energy consumption in buildings

Worked on the designing and simulation of Medium Voltage DC (MVDC) cable baseline model in PSCAD environment and developed an artificial intelligent method for detecting the fault type and location in electric shipboard power systems using neural network toolbox of MATLAB

Completed an IEEE paper on “ANN-based Fault Classification and Location in MVDC Shipboard Power Systems” which is accepted and presented in NAPS-2011 conference

Developed the Artificial Neural Networks for short term load forecasting and price forecasting which are essential in power system planning and reliable operation, using the public data of ISO New England and PJM market companies

Worked on improving the efficiency of energy consumption in buildings by optimizing the operation of various energy sources like solar PV panels, combined heat and power system, battery, utility power and different electric and thermal loads

Projects:

Under Graduate Level:

“Power flow solutions including FACTS devices”

Power flow methods are the most basic system analysis tools to know about steady-state operation of a power system. By including FACTS devices (like SVC, TCSC) at proper places, results can be more accurate. Modeling and implementation of FACTS devices is done in load flow studies using MATLAB and simulation results concluded that voltage at most of the buses was improved due to the inclusion of FACTS devices.

“Fault analysis based on symmetrical components of voltages and currents”

Different types of unsymmetrical faults like line-to-ground, line-to-line, line-line-to-ground are created on a ten bus power system that is simulated using Powerworld software. The values of fault voltages and currents are calculated theoretically based on symmetrical components of voltages and currents and these results are compared with the results obtained through Powerworld software.

Graduate Level:

“Operation of protective relay settings for differential protection relays”

A line current differential protection relay of SEL company is integrated into a power system that is simulated using RSCAD software. The settings of the relay are managed in the testing procedure of relay which is useful for fault studies on power system.

“Reliability Assessment of Transmission System using PSS/E”

Reliability of a power system involves monitoring the parameters and components of the system such that they are within their respective limits. In this project, the data base of a transmission system was maintained and reliability assessment of the subsystems was performed by load flow analysis and contingency analysis using PSS/E software.

“Power Flow Analysis, Economic Dispatch and Contingency screening using PSS/E”

For a 5-bus power system, power flows were analyzed using PSS/E. Economic dispatch of power system was done to calculate the cost saving. Contingency screening was also analyzed for the same system considering all possible generator and branch contingencies.

“Differential Relay protection of Generators and Transformers using PSCAD”

In this project, PSCAD software was used for designing and simulating power circuit breakers for generators and power transformers of power system. Using different components, differential relay was developed for detecting the internal and external faults.

“Overcurrent Protection of Distribution System using RSCAD”

An overcurrent relay was designed for detecting the ground faults during the time of operation of a small power distribution system in RSCAD environment. The measurement of the line currents is used as the basis for designing the overcurrent relay.

Publications/Conferences:

Naveen Kumar Chanda and Yong Fu, “ANN-based Fault Classification and Location in MVDC Shipboard Power Systems,” 2011 North American Power Symposium, Northeastern University, Boston, August 2011

Graduate course work:

Power Transmission Systems, Power Distribution Systems, Power System Operation and Control, Power System Relaying and Control, Electric Machines, Applications of Optimization in Power Systems, Insulation Coordination of Power Systems

Activities:

Served as the President of Indian Student Association in Mississippi State University

Member of “The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi” and Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) during Masters program

Lead the team of 8 members for industrial training at Medha Servo Drives Pvt Ltd in the name of Professional practice school

Headed the technical and coordination committee at college’s annual event-ACUMEN EUPHORIA

First place for the project titled “Power flow solutions including FACTS devices”, in Vasavi college of Engineering, India

Awarded first prize in “Momentum” in Shaastra-07 conducted by IIT Madras, India

Secured 1626 rank in Engineering, Agricultural and Medical Common entrance test

References:

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